Series worth binging on

HANDMAID'S TALE: GLIMPSE INTO FUTURE

- Hein Kaiser

The Handmaid's Tale is television's groundhog day of utter misery. The Emmy-Award winning, six-seasoned stretch of Margaret Atwood's novel is dystopian, sure, it's pretty well made, sure. But damn it, these days it feels like the narrative scratched the surface of a future we should all fear. Authoritarian fanatical fascism. And it's expletively scary.

To enjoy or be frightened with the full impact of the story, binging it is best, and right now would be the best time to start if you had not already done so.

Because neatly folded and packaged inside every episode is a glimpse of the future our children, even our generation, may end up with.

In many ways it's Orwellian in its zoomed-out state, but drilling deeper there's the kick-back against feminism as misogynistic swine return women to their single-purpose function - breeding.

And that's where it starts. It ends. And it stretched to maximum effect. In